 Vytautas V. Landsbergis (b. 1962 in Vilnius) completed his studies in Lithuanian philology at Vilnius University and studied film directing at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute in Tbilisi, Georgia. He extended his knowledge of cinema with Jonas Mekas at the Anthology Film Archives in New York, later working with Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Zannussi in Poland.
Landsbergis has published three books of poetry, six books of tales for children, and has written four plays, three of which he himself has directed in various theatres in Lithuania. His 1993 book of tales entitled Brownnoser’s Tales was selected as the year’s best book for children.
Landsbergis founded the A PROPOS film and video studio, which produces documentary and art films. In his fifteen years of cinematography, Landsbergis has created eighteen documentary and two art films. He created Jonukas ir Grytutė (Jonukas and Grytutė), his most recent art film for children, based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm, in 2002.
Authors' Voice Most of the time serious
people tend to do very serious things.
I also wanted to dedicate my life to doing
serious things, but it didn’t work
no matter what I did.
Then I noticed a strange
truth – that you’re most likely to succeed
when you’re not trying to do something for real,
but when you’re doing it just for the hell of it.
Maybe that’s how God created the Universe,
because if he had been doing it for real
he would have created us perfect.
Bibliography Arklio Dominyko meilė (Dominykas the Horse in Love) : [lyrical farcical tale]. Vilnius: Nieko rimto, 2004. 114 pp.
Obuolių pasakos (Apple Tales) : [tales-anecdotes]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1999. 68 pp.
Pasakojimai apie namus (Tales about Home): [poetry]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1992
Rudnosiuko istorijos (Brownnoser’s Tales): [tales-anecdotes]. Kaunas: Gabija, 1993
Pasakos-nepasakos (Tales-Untales): [poetry for children]. Vilnius: Vyturys, 1994
Obuolių pasakos (Apple Tales): [tales-anecdotes]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1999
Tik sapnininkas (Just the Dreamer): [poetry]. Vilnius: Vaga, 2000
Angelų pasakos (Angel Tales): [tales, paraphrases from the Gospels]. Kaunas: Šviesa, 2003
Arklio Dominyko meilė (Dominykas the Horse in Love): [lyrical farcical tale]. Vilnius: Nieko rimto, 2004
Lunatikų dainos (Lunatic Songs): [poetry]. Vilnius: Vaga, 2004
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